Some quick math to predict a Marner deal

So Nylander signed for 8 years with an AAV of 11.5m in January of 2024. The cap hit for the 2025 season (1st year of the contract) is 13.07% of the 88m cap for the 2024/25 season.

Fast forward to a year and a bit later. Next season the cap is shooting up to 95.5m. Assuming the least Marner takes is the same as Willy, that number is 12.48m AAV, call it 12.5m.

So a team friendly option (obviously he could take $1m or something ridiculous but just trying to be realistic) would an 8 year 100m contract with an AAV of 12.5m. If it takes an extra 500k a year to make it work, my opinion is to bite the bullet and give him 13m. Although to some, a lot of it depends on his playoff performance.

BONUS FUN

Matthews signed for 13.25m AAV in 2023, with a cap percentage of 15.06%. With the current cap projections of the 2027/28 season, the next Matthews contract would likely be upwards of 17-20m AAV